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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Chŏmp, v. i. p. 226To chew greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.Chōn'drīne, n. p. 226(Chem.) A substance, similar to gelatine, produced by the action of boiling water on cartilage.Chŏn'dro-dīte, n. p. 226(Min.) A light-yellow, brittle mineral, occurring disseminated through crystalline limestone, as in New Jersey, and Orange county, New York. Regular crystals can rarely be distinguished. It is…Chōn'droid, a. p. 226Resembling cartilage.Chon-drōl'o-g'y, n. p. 226(Med.) A treatise on cartilages. Dunglison.Chon-drōm'e-ter, n. p. 226A small kind of steelyard for weighing grain.Chon-drōp'ter-ŷg'i-an, n. p. 226(Ichth.) One of an order of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton; as the sturgeon, shark, &c. Cuvier.Chon-drŏp'ter-ŷg'i-an, a. p. 226Having a cartilaginous skeleton.Chon-drōt'o-my, n. p. 226(Anat.) The dissection of cartilages. Dunglison.Chōōse, v. t. p. 226To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more things offered; to elect. “Chose me for a humble friend.” Pope. Syn.—To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow.—To CHOOSE…Chōōse, v. i. p. 227To make a selection; to prefer. They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. Prescott. 2. To exercise the power of choice; to choose otherwise. “I can not choose but pity…Chōōs'er, n. p. 227One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector. "A power of superseding the choosers." Burke.Chōos'ing-ly, adv. p. 227In the way of choice; by choice; voluntarily.Chŏp, v. t. p. 227To cut into pieces; to mince; — often with up. 2. To sever or separate by one or more blows; to divide; — usually with off. Chop off your hand, and send it to the king. Shak. 3. To seize or devour…Chŏp, v. i. p. 227To come upon or seize suddenly, as if at a stroke or blow; to strike. Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. L'Estrange. 2. To cut off another's discourse by…Chŏp, v. t. p. 227To conduct a process of barter or exchange; to put one thing in the place of another; to exchange; as, to chop bargains. We go on chopping and changing our friends. L'Estrange. 2. To give back and…Chŏp, v. i. p. 227To wrangle; to altercate. Let not the counsel chop with the judge. Bacon.Chŏp, v. t. & i. p. 227See CHAP.Chŏp, n. p. 227The act of chopping; a stroke. Believe them at the first chop, whatsoever they say. Tyndall. 2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat. 3. A crack or cleft. See CHAP. 4. The…Chŏp, n. p. 227Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. 2. A permit or clearance. Chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf. — Grand chop, a ship’s port clearance. S. W. Williams.Chŏp'-bōat, n. p. 227A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods. [China.] S. W. Williams.Chŏp'-chŭrch, n. p. 227An exchange or an exchanger of benefices. [Slang.]Chŏp'-fal'len, a. p. 227Dejected; dispirited.Chŏp'-house, n. p. 227A house where chops, &c., are sold; an eating-house of a lower class. “The freedom of a chop-house.” W. Irving. 2. A custom-house where transient duties are levied. [China.] S. W. Williams.Chŏp'in, n. p. 227A liquid measure used before the adoption of the present system of weights and measures; it contained about half an English pint; sometimes used also as a dry measure. [France.] 2. A measure…Chŏp'ness, n. p. 227A kind of spade.Chŏp'per, n. p. 227One who, or that which, chops.Chŏp'ping, a. p. 227Stout or plump; large. 2. Shifting or changing suddenly; coming from different directions. “A short, chopping sea.” Cook.Chŏp'ping, n. p. 227A high-heeled shoe, formerly worn by ladies; a chopin. 2. A cutting; a mincing.Chŏp'ping-blŏck, n. p. 227A block on which any thing is laid to be chopped.Chŏp'ping-knife, n. p. 227A knife for chopping or mincing meat.Chŏp'py, a. p. 227Full of clefts or cracks. Shak.Chŏps, n. pl. p. 227See CHOP, n., No. 4.Chōp'stick, n. p. 227One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, &c., held by the Chinese between the thumb and fingers, and used to convey food to the mouth.Cho-rāg'ic, a. p. 227Pertaining, or belonging to, or in honor of, a choragus; as, the choragic monument of Lysicrates, at Athens.Cho-rŭ'gus, n. p. 227(Gr. Antiq.) One who superintended a musical or theatrical entertainment, and provided a chorus at his own expense.Chō'ral, a. p. 227Belonging to a choir; sung in chorus; as, choral symphonies.Chō'ral, n. p. 227(Mus.) A hymn-tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation.Chō'ral-ist, n. p. 227A member of a choir.Chō'ral-ly, adv. p. 227In the manner of a chorus.Chōrd, n. p. 227The string of a musical instrument. Milton. 2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, and in harmony. 3. (Geom.) A right line, uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle.Chôrd, v. t. p. 227To provide with musical chords or strings. Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden.Chor-dee′, n. p. 227(Med.) A painful affection of the penis, attending gonorrhœa. Dunglison.Chōre, n. p. 227A small job; the light work of a household, either within or without doors;—commonly used in the plural. [U. S.]Chōre, n. p. 227A choir or chorus. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Chō're-ă, n. p. 227(Med.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with constant twitchings and irregular movements of the voluntary muscles.Chō're-grăph'ĭc or Chō're-grăph'ĭc-al, a. p. 227Pertaining to choregraphy.Cho-rēg'ra-phy, n. p. 227The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes. Craig.Chō're-pis'co-pal, a. p. 227Pertaining to the power of a suffragan or local bishop. Fell.Chō're-pĭs'co-pĭs, n. p. 227(Eccl.) A local or suffragan bishop. Hook.Cho-rē'us or Cho-ree', n. p. 227(Anc. Pros.) (a.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short; the trochee. (b.) A tribrach, or foot of three short syllables.Chō'rī-ămb or Chō'rī-ăm'bus, n. p. 227(Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.Chō'rī-ăm'bĭc, n. p. 227A choriamb.Chō'ri-ām'bĭc, a. p. 227Pertaining to a choriamb. Mason.Chō'rĭc, a. p. 227Of, or pertaining to, a chorus. “A choric ode.” Coleridge.Chō'rī-on, n. p. 227(Anat.) The exterior membrane which invests the fetus in the womb. 2. (Bot.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.Chō'rĭst, n. p. 227A singer in a choir.Chōr′ĭs-ter, n. p. 227One of a choir; a singer in a concert. Dryden. 2. One who leads a choir in church music. [This is the sense in the United States.]Cho-rĭst'ic, a. p. 227Pertaining to a choir; choric; choral. [Rare.]Cho-rōg'ra-pher, n. p. 227One who describes or makes a map of a particular country. “The chorographers of Italy.” Browne.